Amend SB 624 (on third reading) to read as follows:                          
	1) Insert the following SECTION and renumber subsequent 
SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION _____. Section 49.226, Water Code, is amended by 
adding subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prior to the 
sale of state land which was originally intended for park and 
recreational use in a county which has a population of more than one 
million and two cities with a population greater than 300,000, the 
land shall first be offered for sale to a district in that county.  
Upon written refusal from the district of the offer the land may be 
sold.
	2) In the final section of the bill, relating to the newly 
added SECTION, after the "." add "Section ___ of this Act takes 
effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the 
members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article 
III, Texas Constitution.  If this Act does not receive the vote 
necessary for immediate effect, SECTION 8 of this Act takes effect 
July 1, 2003."